CPCS 498 Senior Project 1
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Course Objectives
A significant personal or group accomplishment capstone project which provides students with the opportunity to bring together knowledge and skills acquired during their studies, and the department the opportunity to assess extent of achievement of program outcomes. The project would also provide an opportunity to directly assess the outcomes Professional Communication course.
Course Contents
It will have problem analysis, project proposal, feasibility studies, logical design, and project plan as deliverables. Both oral and written reports will be required.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should have experienced:
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Specification of project outlines (e.g. problem context, aims, objectives, etc.).
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Survey and critically analyze related work/systems.
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Identification of the tasks required to complete the project and putting a time schedule, which spans over two semesters, to accomplish these tasks.
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Requirements capture.
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Writing project proposal.
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Presenting the proposal using MS Power Point or other tool.
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Survey past projects reports.
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Course Schedule
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Week #
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Date
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Topic
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What is Due?
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1
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25/09/10
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Stage 1: Specification of project outlines (e.g. problem context, aims, objectives, etc.)
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29/09/10
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2
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02/10/10
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06/10/10
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3
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09/10/10
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13/10/10
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1st deliverable
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4
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16/10/10
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Stage 2: Survey and critically analyze related work/systems against the problem context
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20/10/10
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5
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23/10/10
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27/10/10
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6
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30/10/10
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2nd deliverable
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02/11/10
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Seminar
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7
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06/11/10
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Stage3: Identification of the tasks required to complete the project and putting a time schedule, which spans over two semesters to accomplish these tasks
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10/11/10
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3rd deliverable
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8
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13 -17/11/10
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Eid Aladha Break
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9
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20/11/10
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Stage 4: Requirements capture, which includes data gathering, interviews, questionnaire, etc. Requirement Specification (functional, non-functional, performance).
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24/11/10
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10
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27/11/10
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01/12/10
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11
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04/12/10
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08/12/10
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4th deliverable
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12
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11/12/10
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Stage 5: Initial system analysis and design, i.e. context level 0 and 1, anticipated database, etc.
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15/12/10
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13
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18/1/10
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23/1/10
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14
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25/12/10
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Final Report Submission
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29/12/10
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15
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01/1/11
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Final Presentation & Discussions
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05/1/11
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5th deliverable |
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16
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08-12/1/11
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Final Exams
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15 19/2/11
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Final Exams
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22-26/2/11
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Final Exams
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1st deliverable: Project outlines
2nd deliverable: Literature review
3rd deliverable: Project plan
4th deliverable: Requirements specification
5th deliverable: Complete report
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